Hiding from God . . . Sure?

This last during our Sunday Celebration, our church came face to face with the "reality" that you can hide from God. Think about this "reality" for a moment, can we really hide from God? All that we are told and learn from God himself is that this "reality" is not possible. If the basic characteristic of God is Spirit, and that He is the capability to see and know what all of His Creation is doing, hiding from God must be impossible.

Yet, many people try to hide our sin from God? What? How? When? Well, we do it everyday when we know we have sinned, and through the lack of confession, we think we can hid it form Him. So if he knows it, why do we need to tell him?

Confession has a lot more to do with us then Him. When we revel our sin, it gives us the opportunity for several things to happen. Honesty, adjustment, growth and compassion.

Honesty . . . we see ourselves as people who are in the process of being changed. We have not arrived, we have a long ways to go, but we are in process.

Adjustments . . .when we examine our choices to do things in opposition of Gods way, we can make adjustments. If the goal is to live the way God sees for us, then adjustments must be made.

Growth . . .The goal of God is to return to the original. And through confession, that is possible.

Compassion . . . Sections of Proverbs 29 tell us that Compassion is the results of our confession. It says . . .He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. . . . 13 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. 14 How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

So lets get out of our minds that we can hide our sins from God, confession and find compassion from Him.

Have an Awesome Day

David